Grand Isle Oil Spill - More Than 4 Gallons?, SkyTruth, March 28, 2011:
IF our analysis of the March 22, 2011 MODIS satellite image is correct, and we assume the apparent oil slick on that image is on average only 1 micron -- one millionth of a meter -- thick, then that roughly 2,427 km2 oil slick held at least 640,728 gallons.
That would make it a major spill (more than 100,000 gallons), and a heckuva lot more than the 4 gallons in total that was reported to the National Response Center. ...
How about independent confirmation on BP macando well? Really, there have been spills and mishaps ever since the supposed capping of this well. Perhaps, it’s not capped and only being sunk and the subsequent spills are oil that missed its dose of corexit?
Better think about it, because it makes more sense then 4-gallons spilled from some anonymous source.
What if we don't ASSUME?.. BUT if we must.. let's assume ..the oil on the top of the water is.. the top of a plume rising from the sea floor.
One micron thick of oil sheen..makes no sense at all.
I suppose the water below the micron of sheen is just fine..
Gimme a break....
Surely the Coast Guard has a ship or plane that could go out to the site of the Macondo well. Or maybe they already know what's causing this latest spill, and aren't telling us. Apparently they think if they ignore it, it'll go away.
I believe they started useing Corexit at that time to start sinking the oil and the Dolphin deaths was the start of !
http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/03/30/35363.htm ... "since February 2010", 2 months before the disastrous oil spill, dolphins have been dying at unusually high rates.
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The first report of cracks in the both rocks surrounding the well and in the well itself "in February" was only the first in a series of “well control events” or blowouts.
Since the initial February blowout, according to the findings of an interim investigation released by congress there have been a total of 5 “well control events” or blowouts including the final blowout that led to the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and collapse.
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2010/06/28/ixtoc-oil-spill-undeground-blowout-caused-oil-leak-cracks-seafloor-1822/
BP may have even waited a period of time before reporting the well misshapes, possibly weeks or more depending on the leaks size and what they felt they could contain or hide without reporting. But after they saw it would be found out or was found out by authorities made the records at MMS. Common practice in the oil industry as we have been reading about in recent non producing well and platform spills.
Necropsy's on the early dolphin deaths may have reveled a possible connection at the time and and this may have been consistent with dolphins this year showing a pattern and a connection to oil or/and corexit use and leading to court actions of late ?
Maybe... the early deaths can be acccounted to the well.. Matt Simmons was talking about..and the corexit that was already in use out there....giving those in the know" time to sell their stocks.
"Those in the Know"..know...!
(cynical laughter)
Back to the satellite pics..try a little depth perception...experts..sheesh..
I think it is so important that.. the people on the GOM know that there are people all over the world ..trying to think this through and are trying to help.
The people need to know they are loved.
http://www.nola.com/tv/index.ssf/2011/03/peabody_awards_honor_spike_lee.html
..and CNN got an award for it's coverage of the BP Oil Spill.. now who can criticize an "award-winning" news source like CNN?
An award form what?.......maybe if they had stuck around..and told the TRUTH!
An award for what? Tuck tail and running?
Who owns CNN !
So ya think we have a "free press" eh? Check out who owns who, and who owns what you think.......
http://la.indymedia.org/news/2003/04/47530.php
@xdrfox.
Yep..bought and paid for shills..plus cowards..!
Did I mention complicit to "human rights abuse"?
Here's another award, an early April Fool's joke:
http://www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/Obama_gets_openness_award_in_private_119006399.html
Jean
Passed it on to Alex Jones !
Obama should go celebrate his award with a dinner of Gulf seafood and a big glass of radioactive water!
The Media can only report what the government allows. Notice how quick they dropped coverage of the Japanese Disaster? Radiation is Spewing into the landscape, and they cant figure out how to measure it, sound familiar, it’s like BP is instructing the Japanese how to Lie. I remember how BP could not figure out the flow rate on their Well. Try that at the Gas Pump.
I'm visiting in central Alabama where people here don't have a clue. Today's paper - the Montgomery Advertiser, April 2, 2011, front page, bottom right: "BP mostly finished with Ala. cleanup" Does this sound like honest up-to-date reporting? Who's in the dark here? Ask the mayor of Orange Beach,AL.
http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?subset=AERONET_WaveCIS_Site_CSI_6.2011091.aqua.1km
From April Fool's Day..
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2011/04/recent_oil_spill_at_grand_isle.html
http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?subset=AERONET_Stennis.2011096.aqua.1km
Sure the oil is all cleaned up..liars.
They have a bit of luck going because it is "spring run-off..lots of fresh water entering the Gulf.It won't last long.